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Waterbury
Republican American
- Waterbury,
CT, USA
- Saturday, 10
January 2009
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- Fight
leads to arrest in Wolcott Bar bouncer tried to prohibit
knife
- A
visitor from New Hampshire tried to attack a bouncer who
told him he couldn't bring his knife into a bar, police
said.
Joseph Barlow, 43, of 61 Burke St., Nashua, N.H.,
brought the knife into Johnny B's at 1457 Meriden Road
Wednesday night, causing disruptions. When he returned
Thursday night, the bouncer asked him to empty his
pockets before entering.
The bouncer noticed Barlow was carrying the knife and
told him to leave it at the door. Barlow said, "Why
don't you take it from me," according to Police Capt.
Domenic Angiolillo.
A verbal dispute ensued and Barlow called the bouncer,
who is black, a racial slur, and pulled out the knife.
Barlow chased the bouncer around the pool table of the
bar, police said.
When the manager tried to intervene, Barlow punched him
in the face. The manager tried to defend himself,
resulting in a cut above Barlow's left eye.
Officer Frank Shippani was first to arrive at the scene.
He captured Barlow, whose face was covered in blood, as
he tried to escape from a side door.
"It was remarkable nobody was seriously injured,"
Angiolillo said.
Several other officers and a detective came to the bar
and helped piece together the story. Barlow was charged
with breach of peace, criminal attempt at assault,
third-degree assault, possession of a controlled
substance, carrying a dangerous weapon and second-degree
threatening.
He was held at the police station Thursday on $25,000
bond and was arraigned at Waterbury Superior Court
Friday morning.
Barlow has a record of more than 18 arrests, most of
them violent crimes, Angiolillo said. He told police he
was in Wolcott because he was visiting a woman at
Carabelas Apartments in Waterbury.
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